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dcr the Skin, and his Body cover'd with purple 
Spots : Bcfide this, his Nofe had bled profufely, and 
he had had feveral bloody Stools $ or, to fpeak more 
properly, he had voided large Quantities of Blood 
from the Anus ; for it was merely Blood without 
Excrement. His Pulfe was extremely quick, but 
rather weak, and the Pain in his Loins violent. 
The Cafe appearing fo defperate, I determined to 
give him the Bark ; a Scruple of which he cook 
every two or three Hours, and the Tin£t . Rofar. 
acidulat. for common Drink. Within 48 Hours 
the purple Spots difappear'd, and the Haemorrhages 
flopt intirely , his Pulfe grew fuller and flower, and 
the Puftules came on well. 
From this Time to the 9th Day after the Eruption, 
the Appearance of the Difeafe continued well in 
every Particular; and that whole Time he perfe^j 
ver'd in the Ufe of the 1 Bark, &c. and for two or 
three Nights had taken a little Syr . e Mecon . On 
the 9th Day in the Morning I faw him well, con- 
fidering the Difeafe : His Spirits were good, and he 
fpit well, but very largely. About the middle of 
the Day he dropt aflcep, when his Nurfe left the 
Room, and carelefly flay'd away a confiderabk Time 
(as I remember, whilft fhe eat her own Dinner). At 
her Return, he was found with his Head dropt from 
off the Pillow, and dead, fuffocated, probably, by 
the Quantity of Phlegm, which, his Head lying ac- 
cidentally low, he could not difcharge without Af- 
fiftance. 
Though in this firft Inftance my Patient unhappily 
mifcarried, I thought I had fufficient Reafon to be 
pleafed with the Effefts of this Medicine. 
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